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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: ATM CARD NEW MANAGER <marcjerry428@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristersamuelokeke242@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:34:28 -0700
Subject: Urgent response is needed.

Attention Distinguished Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract
payment file 2023 presently on my desk, and I found out that you have
not received your
payment due to your lack of co-operation and our past poor management
on 2022 because of the poor understanding and greedy of our past
management made you not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in
respect to your contract payment.

Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank and non any official office as this is an
illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your
payment.

Then after the short Board of directors meeting held on 28th/03/2023
in COTONOU BENIN republic,we have resolved in finding a solution to
your
problem to make sure you receive your huge amount and to those our
past management did not meet up to receive their funds in the past
years.

We have arranged your payment through our ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER in
Europe, America,Africa and Asia Pacific; this is part of an
instruction/mandate passed by the Senate in respect to overseas
contract payment and debt.

Re-scheduling.we will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to
withdraw your money via ATM MACHINE in any part of the world,and the
maximum daily $10,000 each twice limit is $20,000 twenty Thousand
United States Dollars per a day your fund valued is sum of twenty five
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars {$25.5Million}that
is what your going to receive, If you desire to receive your fund this
way reply back with your full info.

Contact Email ,, amasteredcard@gmail.com

Kindly re-confirm your below info:

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:______
2. Delivery Address:_______
3 PHONE NUMBER:_________
4. CELL NUMBERS:_______
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:________
6.. SEX:_____
7. AGE:_____
8. OCCUPATION:________
9. COUNTRY:___________
10. CITY:________
11. COPY OF You're PASSPORT OR ID.
12, your Extra mail address-------
13, your city code number ,,,, and name....

we shall be expecting to receive your information as you have to stop
any further communication with anybody or officer that is not from our
office.Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regard
Barrister Samuel Okeke
Email/ barristersamuelokeke242@gmail.com
Email/ amasteredcard@gmail.com

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